RotateRight Announces Zoom 1.6 to Optimize Linux Applications

RotateRight, which develops intuitive performance analysis tools that improve the performance of software code, has announced that the latest version of Zoom (v 1.6) – known as the system-wide performance profiler for Linux – is now available for immediate download from its Website.

Zoom is a performance analysis tool for all Linux developers and users. Its profiles are system-wide, precise down to the instruction level, and capture backtraces, allowing users to see exactly where time was spent, what code was running, and how that code was called.

This Linux tool saves profiles as a single, self-contained session file that can be emailed or attached to bug reports, allowing users to share data with colleagues or archive it for later review. Zoom also supports remote network profiling and scripting making it ideal for embedded or server systems and automated workflows.

In a release, company officials say Zoom “allows you to drill down into critical code to get detailed performance answers. Zoom analyzes and annotates code with specific tuning advice for most compilers and processors.”

Enhancements included in the latest version are intended to increase programmer productivity and optimize Linux application performance. The new features also make the software faster and more energy efficient.

Some of the important features added in the new version are static analysis of executable/library/archive/object files, display of labels in assembly view of the code browser, identification of Intel (News - Alert) Core i5/i7 (Lynnfield) processors, ability to select ARM register alias display type (GCC, APCS), and automatic selection of OS timer trigger when running in virtual machine.

The new Zoom software release also includes some bug fixes such as that found in oprofile sample buffer parsing when no explicit cookie switch. It also fixed both potential hang in graphic user interface (GUI) during sample processing and the misaligned memory accesses on ARM (News - Alert). Another change made in this version is that the command-line zoom now does not depend on X11 libraries.

Zoom is available for $199 (USD) and offers a free 30-day evaluation period. Zoom is available for Linux x86-64, i386, ARM and PowerPC 64. Zoom installs and runs on all major Linux distributions such as Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Red Hat (News - Alert) Enterprise Linux, SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop/Server, and Ubuntu.